Abdominal wall blocks rely on the spread of local anesthetic within musculofascial planes to
anesthetize multiple small nerves or plexuses, rather than targeting specific nerve structures …

Obstetric anesthesia has evolved over the course of its history to encompass comprehensive
aspects of maternal care, ranging from cesarean delivery anesthesia and labor analgesia to …

Failed epidural anaesthesia or analgesia is more frequent than generally recognized. We
review the factors known to influence the success rate of epidural anaesthesia. Reasons for …

Effective pain management should be a key priority in women undergoing cesarean
delivery. Suboptimal perioperative pain management is associated with chronic pain …

This is the third edition of Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence. The first two were
published in 1999 and 2005, respectively. This third edition sums up the evidence currently …

The majority of women undergoing cesarean delivery in the United States receive neuraxial
morphine, the most effective form of postoperative analgesia for this surgery. Current …

This manuscript reviews the available literature on remifentanil patient-controlled
intravenous analgesia in labor focusing on efficacy and safety. Remifentanil compares …

Methods: Literature searches were performed using PubMed, EBSCO, Cochrane Review,
and Google Scholar without publication date limits. Of 264,617 articles' titles screened and …

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. It is associated with increased comorbidities and increased
maternal, fetal, and neonatal complications. The risk of cesarean delivery is also increased …

Introduction: This review of the safety and risks of nitrous oxide (N2O) labor analgesia
presents results of a search for evidence of its effects on labor, the mother, the fetus, the …